The International Documentary Association said Richard Ray Perez has been named the organization’s next executive director. Perez, a nonfiction film strategist and documentary filmmaker, succeeds Simon Kilmurry, who is stepping
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As states continue to open up and the film industry kicks back into high gear, California Governor Gavin Newsom is attempting to lure more productions to California. The governor has …
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SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director David White Announces Departure
1 minutes readSAG-AFTRA’s longtime National Executivce Director David White will step down this spring, after 12 years in the role, the guild announced on Friday. White, who took his post as the …
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Media CEO Salaries Flourished in Pandemic as Industry Cratered
1 minutes readTen top media and entertainment CEOs earned a combined $350 million last year, buoyed by hefty stock and option grants during the worst economic disruption since the Great Depression. Members …
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Confusing Messages from Officials on CDC Mask Announcement
1 minutes read“At businesses, whether indoors or outdoors, masks are still required to be worn,” said Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer Thursday afternoon. Just minutes before, President Joe Biden delivered a different message.
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‘We are the Met’: Opera Unions Rally Against Proposed Pay Cuts
1 minutes readThe serious tensions that remain with the company’s unions were put on vivid display outside Lincoln Center on Thursday, as hundreds of union members rallied in opposition to the Met’s …
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AMC Stock Trends Again as Value Increases 24%; Theater Chain Raises $428M
1 minutes readTop movie theater circuit AMC Entertainment said it has raised $428 million in new capital from the sale of 43 million shares at an average price of $9.94. The results …
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A.O. Scott in the NYT: What I Learned About Democracy from the Movies
2 minutes read“In the past few years I’ve found myself questioning my assumptions and doubting what I thought I knew about my country,” writes A.O. Scott in The New York Times. “What …
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NYC Met Opera Strikes Deal with Musicians Union; IATSE Local One is Still Locked Out
1 minutes readThe Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on a four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists, one of three major labor deals needed for the New York …
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CEO Pay Skyrocketed While Their Low-Wage Workers Suffered in the Pandemic
1 minutes readDuring the pandemic, low-wage workers have lost income, jobs, and lives. And yet many of the nation’s top-tier corporations have been fixated on protecting their wealthy CEOs, even bending their …